On a fairly regular basis I get VAs messaging me, asking if they can voice or at least audition for their favorite characters for #BatmaAthenaeum. No one is more highly requested than Jason Todd/Red Hood.
What’s funny, is that I’ve tried to warn some VAs away from this role by
clarifying that I plan to go with the bisexual interpretation of Jason, as he’s the only one of the Robins that I feel had canonical basis for a queer characterization (and had a writer that backed this up pre-reboots).
You know how many straight guys have said something along
the lines of “That’s fine. I’ll suck dick. Can I voice Jason?”
Feeling stressed and overwhelmed and in physical pain today so I’m just gonna lay down for a while and tell you about the time I was tasked with coming up with a #SailorMoon AU pitch that made the characters closer to their Greek & Roman mythology counterparts.
Gather ‘round.
The character I started with was actually Sailor Jupiter counterpart Zeus.
Now OG Jupiter is fantastic and changing her to be more like mythology’s biggest asshole womanizer was a real challenge. But hey, I hit the ground running.
AU Jupiter was the middle child of three. She
had a younger sister (Neptune. We’ll her back to her) and an older brother (Pluto. More on that later).
Her civvie name was Zoey and when she was young, she found a hidden base underground. The base had called to her and though it had laid dormant for centuries, it came to
Dick Grayson: It’s so hard. Beautiful women throw themselves at me, even when I say no. I can’t maintain a relationship. Stop high fiving me! I’m serious!
Tim Drake: Confusing. Sometimes Robin likes a different girl than me. Sex? Oh no, I’m only an innocent boy of 19!
Jason Todd: I get tons of action. I’m the best sex in town! I am all about the ladies! Hell, even when I’m fucking my boyfriend he’s like “damn Jason, you’re get all the girls!”
Cass: ... *blush*
Damian: Tch. Dad said I can lose my virginity once Tim loses his. Aka NEVER.
Dick: And then your super attractive secret agent boss slaps your ass and you’re like “hey, you’re invading my space!” And she takes that as flirting! Like, does my no not mean no??? Anyway, yeah, we did it. And it was amazing. But I wasn’t /happy/ about it! STOP SHAKING MY HAND!